What does Γαλιλαία · ἔθνος mean in the Bible?
Γαλιλαία · ἔθνος is a Greek phrase meaning "Galilee of the Gentiles".
Greek · G1056, G1484
Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν
Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine · Gentiles
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Γαλιλαία G1056 Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine
Pronunciation Galilaía
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ἔθνος G1484 Gentiles
Pronunciation éthnos
Singular form means a nation or people group; plural means non-Jewish peoples, the Gentiles.
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What does Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν (Galilaia tōn ethnōn) mean in the Bible?
Γαλιλαία · ἔθνος is a Greek phrase meaning "Galilee of the Gentiles".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1056, G1484?
G1056, G1484 is connected to 61 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Galilee of the Gentiles
Source Gloss
Galilee of the Gentiles
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 61 Case pattern Genitive (37) Number pattern Singular (61)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:15 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:22 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 4:18 · Matt 4:25 · Matt 15:29 · Matt 19:1 · Matt 21:11 · Matt 27:55 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 1:28 · Mark 3:7 · Mark 6:21 · Mark 7:31 · Mark 9:30 · Luke 1:26 37×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:23 · Matt 17:22 · Mark 15:41 · Luke 24:6 · John 7:1 · John 7:9 6×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:12 · Matt 26:32 · Matt 28:7 · Matt 28:10 · Matt 28:16 · Mark 1:14 · Mark 1:39 · Mark 14:28 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 2:39 · Luke 4:14 · John 1:43 · John 4:3 · John 4:43 · John 4:45 · John 4:47 17×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain